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Contributed
by: Sue Roquemore San Antonio, Texas bsroquemore@webtv.net
To prepare for our New Beginnings program, we
drew up a picture of a bedroom and hid a Personal Progress book in the
room. (kind of like the where's Waldo theme) We had 3 pictures like this
with the book always in a different spot. Then for 3 Sundays prior to
the program, we took a couple of minutes during opening exercises and
passed these out to the girls each Sunday and had them find the P.P.
book.
For the program we took the mobile partitions or room dividers (usually
each building has them) We set them up creating a backdrop for a
bedroom scene. We then did a darling bedroom using a cot for the bed, a
comforter, pillows, shams, rugs, a small dresser, a lamp, an end table,
we put up posters (we used Mormanads) for pictures on the dividers and
really light wall hangings. We went all out to create a really cute
"teenagers" room.
Other things you need to do is: Be sure not to put the dividers too
close to the wall, you need room for the Detective in the skit to be
able to go behind it. Put a few clothes in the dresser and then a tiny
bikini, you will also need a few C.D.s for the skit and CD player.
For the skit itself you only have 1 person in the skit and one person
narrating. Our detective wore a trench coat and hat, and carried a
magnifying glass and kept a small notebook and pencil in her pocket. The
narrator used their best Rod Sterling voice ("The Twilight Zone" voice)
She wasn't seen during the skit and used a pen light to read by. We used
the Pink Panther music prior to the Detective entering and leaving the
room. The whole room is dark except a small spot light that shines on
the bedroom scene. The main lights come on only during the talks that
come in at different points during the skit.
The Adventures of the Missing Personal Progress Book by Sue Roquemore
(The stage is clear, only a voice from the dark, don't forget to use
your best Twilight Light Zone voice, this sounds a lot better if you
really play it up. smile, the Detective should also have fun with her
part, bounce with the music etc.)
Narrator: Brenda the Beehive is in a panic. Her birthday is coming,
she'll soon be the coveted Mia Maid. But Brenda has an anxiety. She
hasn't completed her Beehive goals, and her Personal Progress book is
nowhere to be found. Brenda has searched and searched to no avail; and
time is running out. At her wits end, Brenda turns to her last hope,
Detective Denise. Brenda explains to the Detective her dilemma.
Discerning the magnitude of Brenda's problem, Det. Denise takes on the
case. (small pause, then the music begins, after a couple of bars, the
Det. enters the room from behind the dividers, bouncing slightly to the
music, using her magnifying glass to look closely at various things, she
stops and pulls out her notebook, Music stops.)
Narrator: (Det. Denise makes a few notes in her notebook) From outward
appearances the room seems to be a haven for someone with High Standards
& Values, a person striving to better herself. but things are not always
as they seem. (Det. puts pencil and notebook back in her pocket and
walks over to CD player and picks up 4 CD's, she looks at them one by
one nodding approvingly at the first three and then shocked as she peers
at the 4th then holds it away from herself as the Narrator begins again)
What is this?? A drawback in the investigation? This CD doesn't belong
in this scenario, why, there's nothing uplifting or upright about
this music??? (Det. Denise puts all the CD's down but the "bad" one and
disappears behind the dividers.) Detective Denise leaves the scene to
question Brenda about this new finding. (Music plays as the Det. leaves
the room, using her magnifying glass looking round and bouncing slightly
to music.) (Music off)
END OF ACT ONE
Main lights are turned on. A speaker gives a
short 5-8 minute talk on music. Here is where you can fine tune this to
your YW"s needs. We
kept the night upbeat, with very little lecturing, we needed a light fun
program at that time in YW's.
(After speaker finishes, main lights go off,
spotlight on. Music begins as Det. enter the room.)
Narrator: Detective Denise returns to the scene. As she had surmised the
CD was not Brenda's. It was the possession of an acquaintance. The Det.
resumes her investigation. (Det. looks around the room) The dresser
draws Det. Denise's eye. Perchance a lead will be established in it's
drawers. (Det. D. opens the drawers one by one takes out a journal,
holds it up and nods approvingly then returns it to the drawer. Opens
the next one moving the clothes around, does the same in the next
drawer, this time pulling out a skimpy bikini)
Narrator: Det. Denise is stunned once again! (DD holds the bikini away
from herself and shakes her head) Is this an article of clothing an
unpresuming young woman would wear? By the same token does it reflect
the goals in the vanished Personal Progress book? Be that as it may,
Detective Denise's investigation is at a standstill. Det. Denise departs
in pursuit of Brenda, to reopen the interrogation. (Music begins DD
disappears behind the divider, *remember to bounce to the music smile*)
END OF ACT 2 Main lights on. Speaker #2 talks
on Modesty. Again gear this to your needs. Our speaker was a riot
talking on Modesty in
clothes, dating, talking etc. again this was a short 5-8 min. light and
fun talk.
ACT #3 (Main lights out, spot on, Music, DD
enters)
Narrator: Back at the scene Det. Denise returns to restore the garments
to their original location. put bikini back in drawer) Det. D's
misconceptions were aleved. The owner of the goods is allegedly Brenda's
female parent. These bits of cloth are retained as a memento of the
woman's unripened days decades before the first published Personal
Progress book. DD scans the room. Only one vicinity remains uninspected.
The all engulfing black hole - ie; under the bed. It is undertakings
such as this that earn Det. Denise the big bucks. (DD looks under the
bed and pulls out the PP book holding it up) What is this? (DD Stands)
Can it be? Eureka, the mystery is solved!! (DD begins to leave the room
then turns back to audience) Then again, was there any doubt. (Music)
END OF SKIT lights go on, the last speaker
talks on Personal Progress. We had a girl who had just recently gotten
married in the temple she was in her early 20's, she told how YW's
helped her, and setting goals etc.
We gave out handouts on each value, it had a
place to write two goals for each one.
This was a very fun night, we all had a good laugh, the speakers were
great. You could easily change the items that are found by the Det. if
there is something that needs to be talked about in your ward, ie, a
nasty letter, (for gossiping) a book,( for good literature), a
mini-skirt for modesty, whatever.
Personal Progress
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